Cassatt Returns Home to Face Penn RR Inquiry
Pennsylvania Railroad president J. Cassatt arrived from Europe to participate in an investigation by the railroad’s board into alleged bribes and stock holdings in coal companies by officials. He pledged full cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission and said he would testify if called.
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Washington Post
New York
J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Europa
Philadelphia
Caselitt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Herveneika
Mr. Cassatt
Interstate Commerce
Cassatt
Pennsylvania, Railroad
Qas
George F. Baer
Reading
Baer
Via
Knapp
Ble
Whfe
Sr. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Haverspra
Europe
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Roosevelt Letter Praises Carl Schurz From Roosevelt
Chicago June 3 memorial services for Carl Schurz honored a patriot statesman and moral force. Addresses by university leaders and Gov Roosevelt's letter read by Harry Rubens lauded Schurz as Lincoln era civil service reform advocate and champion of sound money and letters.
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Chicago
Carl Schurz
Schurz
William Vocke
Benjamin Torrey
University of Chicago
Harry Rubens
Edmund J. James
University of Illnois
F. C. Winkler
Milwaukee
Charles J. Attie
Northwestern University
Roosevelt
Rubens
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Henry Clay
Theodore Roosevelt
Mexicans In Control Forty-Two On Death List
Cananea unrest continues to dominate headlines as Col. Kosterlisky and Gov. Ysabel stabilise Cananea. Reports from Luis Torres claim Americans opened fire, dragging Mexican and American casualties into the hundreds. Troops may be recalled. diplomatic cautions and cross-border tensions persist amid cautious optimism in Washington. Brown & Talison auctioneers announce sale of Oriental rugs and art at 605-507 Mth St NW.
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Gisbee
Ariz
Cananea
Naco
Col. Kosterlisky
Gov. Ysabel
Col. Greene
Mexico City
Thompson
Luis ‘Torres
Sono
George
William Mstcalt
Mexican Herald
Camnanea
Washington
NATO
Art
Fort Huechuca
Carianea
Mex
Steadman
Fort Huachuca
Mexico
A. G Drake
Consolidated Mines Company
George F. Woodward
He M. Samaha
Brown &Talson, Aucioneers
Fate says Alfonso death by own action in Madrid tragedy
A self-inflicted pistol shot by the identified assassin Morales ended a dramatic pursuit after he killed a gendarme at a village inn near Torrejon de Ardoz. Morales, wearing a mechanic’s blouse, shot the arresting officer then turned the gun on himself as villagers closed in, ending a chaotic royal wedding era scare in Spain.
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Alfonso
Spain
Madrid
Whitridge
Victoria
Mayor Street
Senor Cuesta
Morales
Torrejon de Ardor
Saragossa
Ventorra de Los Javaices
Vega
iqMe
Francisco ‘Martinez
Martinez S
Madrid Vigilante’s Death Sparks Indignation and Reward
A gendarme Vega is killed after arresting Morales who used a seven shot revolver. Morales’ body is moved to Madrid amid public outcry as locals refuse burial in Torrejon de Ardos. Public anger centers on the failed search of Morales and the $5,000 reward for the assassin’s discovery.
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Lagers
Morales
Morbles
Madrid
Senes Cusgia
Torrejon de Ardos
Vega
Suspect Taken Near Madrid in Morales Case
Special Cable Dispatch reports police near Torrejon on the road to Saragossa arrest a man believed to be Morales' accomplice. He claimed to buy a pair of passes for himself and a friend expected on a night train. Prisoner papers were found forged.
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Washington Peat
Madrid
Morales
Torrejon
Saragossa
Bar to Anarchists Even If Europe Exiles Them
London and Rome report that current immigration laws should keep anarchists out of the United States, with Assistant Commissioner Joseph Murray asserting the statutes are sufficient for deportation and tighter monitoring of anyone already here. British authorities note few known anarchists leave or enter shores, while Rome cites recent anarchist plots and bombs as evidence for stronger international police cooperation and possible further conferences.
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Murray ‘Saya
Victor Emmanuel
Washington Post
New York
England
Joseph Murray
Eunope
Mureray
London
Scotland Yard
Alfonso
Paris
Willam Melville
Special Police Service
New Scotland Yard
Bordeaux
San Sebastian
Morales
Farras
Avino
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Taunted into crime by anarchist Morales bombing Spain
Special cable dispatch from Barcelona reports Morales, an educated anarchist, threw a bomb at the King and Queen of Spain to prove devotion to the cause. His father Senor Morales, a factory proprietor, disowns him after police inquiry. Morales’s brother Facundo recalls his early life in Germany and France, chemistry study, and a quiet, reclusive existence in Barcelona.
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Morales
Washington ‘Post
Barcelona
Sitte
Spain
Calle Mayor
Senor Momales
Hel
Police
Facundo
Tian
Tha
Ceniter
Germany
France
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Ttm
Jchemi
Ecole’Modernest
Gala Opera In Madrid Cancelled Tickets After Missing Entry
Extraordinary precautions taken as King and Queen attend an opera in Madrid after a missing ticket scare. Officials traced every ticket color and canceled the performance to prevent a potential bomb threat, while the American envoy and royal party were present and greeted with enthusiasm. The city held thanksgiving masses for the King’s safety, with dramatic cathedral scenes noted.
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Madrid
Gambler Gets No Bets After Eight Day Atlantic Voyage
A Hamburg American liner arrived at port with a crowd of passengers including several noted gamblers. Notices in the smoking room warned against professional gamblers and almost no gambling occurred during the voyage. One man reportedly tried to bet on Spearmint after a wireless tip, but no bets were placed. The group discussed a wireless wire tap scheme during the trip.
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Washiigton Port
New ‘York
Iuer
Jo Wes
Roanoke Youth Kills Sweetheart Then Surrenders
De Witt Sigmon, aged twenty, shot and killed his sweetheart Misa Saltie Shively at her Roanoke home. With no witnesses besides the pair, Sigmon says the pistol discharged while he tried to take it from her. He summoned a doctor and surrendered to the sheriff. the girl died before medical help arrived, Sigmon remains jailed.
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Roanoke
de Witt Sigman
Misa ‘Saltie Shively
Sigmon
Coasting Schooner Clara E Rogers Destroyed After Collision
In Vineyard Sound last night a coasting schooner named Clara E Rogers bound from Perth Amboy to Euboc Me with coal collided with an unknown steamer in thick fog and went to pieces on the rocks at Nashawena Island. Five men aboard were saved by Caterhank station crews and taken to the island station.
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Vineyard
Haven
Masa
Clara E. Rogers
RB. Coffin
Perth’ Amboy
Euboc
Vineyard Sound
Nashawena ‘Island
Caterhank
Derrick Bills Three Die as Boiler Derrick Boom Falls
Three men killed and two injured in Jersey City when a derrick boom collapsed during boiler hoisting. Doherty Rigging Company of New York handled the operation. Victims were Brooklyn men.
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New York
Jersey City
Dougherty, Rigging Company
Brooklyn
House Subcommittee Debate on Meat Inspection Provisions
A reconstructed view of the House subcommittee bill compares two meat inspection proposals from Beveridge and the House. It notes potential two-tier packing plant inspections, funding sources, and inspector duties. The analysis warns the Packers could steer policy to their benefit, with varying controls over additives and enforcement.
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Chisago
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Fuhd
Treasury
Beveridge
House
Senate
of Agriculture
President Cassatt Defends P R R and Death by Bomb
Today’s issue lists a multi-item index including defense of a railway matter by President Cassatt, a bomb death threat, a meat inspection bill, a riot in Mexico with casualties, a wreck with eleven dead, drownings, arrests in a plot, Confederate memorials, a runaway death, Congress programs, party notes, society pledges, and racing stakes.
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Cassatt
Alfonso Poresees
Mexico
Congress
Republican Party
Anniy Tsar &Baltorial
F Society
Woman Refuses Surgical Operation Over Diamond Theft
Special to The Washington Post Omaha Nebr Mae Thomas refused to permit Bri Henry to perform a surgical operation for the removal of a $50 diamond said to have been stolen. All preparations were made at Omaha General Hospital for the operation this afternoon but Thomas changed her mind and would not allow it. She faces grand larceny charges and is to be arraigned in court Tuesday.
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Washington
Omaha
Sune
Mae Thomas
Bri Henry
General “Hospital
Henry
Mars. Thomas
Wrecked in mid air airship frame collapses during trial
Cleveland amusement resort airship suffers center frame failure as bamboo poles snap at 500 feet. Navigator Beachy guides craft to within fifty feet of ground, gas escapes safely, car blown over park but passengers escape with minor injuries.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln
Marsin
Hartly
Beachy
Small Blaze Wrecks Stock and Sicks Fifteen Firemen
A fire in Omehe Nebraska caused several thousand dollars in damage and flooded five floors with gas after automatic sprinklers activated. Fifteen firefighters, including Chief Salter and Assistant Chief Simp Capts Sullivan Coyle Olson and others, were overcome and hospitalized but soon resumed duty.
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Omehe
Tune
Boy bitten by copperhead saved by oil worker suction pump
Bertha Collingwood, fourteen, was bitten on the calf by a large copperhead at Clintonville. Henry Corbett, an oil well pumper, used a suction gas pump to draw poison from the wound and saved her life. Doctors credit his quick action with preventing serious harm. Wheatley Pottery for Special Lamps advertised.
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Washington
iFrankin Pe
Clintonville
Bertha Collingwood
Rence
Corbett
Death claims eleven at curve in Providence tragedy
Eleven people died and many were seriously injured when a crowded electric car, returning from Crescent Park, derailed on a foggy curve. Motorman W J Launcher, unfamiliar with the line, failed to anticipate the curve. two more may die. The roster lists George Atcherson Edward Breakar Alice Franklin and others from Thornton Providences Oineyville and more. Rescue efforts used a joist and stones to lift and raise the car, but two injured died within an hour. Conductor Joseph MacQuade injured. no arrest.
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Providence
R. I
Moores Corner
Crescent Park
Providence River
Oneyville
Thornton
George Atcherson
Edward F. Breakar
Croydon
Rot
Alice Franklin
Thornson
Jsneico Gambont
Thean
William “W. Luther
Crescant Park
John Gavin
Lauder
Joseph MacQuade
Ministry to Support Death Penalty Abolition Measure
In St. Petersburg on June 3 the ministry pledged support for abolishing the death penalty, following Justice Minister Chicheglovitoff's initiative. The paper notes uncertainty if this applies to martial law cases, a key House issue, while the Constitutional Democrats caucus was brief and sparsely attended as many members vacationed in Finland.
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St. Petersburg
Rec
Chicheglovitoff
Constitutional Democrats
Finland
Mob Threat Forces Negro Arrest in Bienville Parish
Allen Turner a young Black man is jailed at Arcadia Louisiana charged with attacking Mrs James Barron at her Bienville Parish home. After repulsion he fled to his mother's house where a posse tracked him. He refused to surrender and was captured, then jailed amid threats of mob violence.
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Allen Turner
Arcadia
James Barron
Bienville Parish
Tnother
Jali
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